George Chen, chef and owner of San Francisco’s China Live, blends a salt-forward Japanese soy sauce, a sweeter Chinese ...

Japanese cuisine is one of my all-time favorites. I fell deeply in love with it when I traveled to Japan 15 years ago to ...

Soy sauce and shoyu are two immensely popular Asian condiments. While similar, there are several key differences between ...

Soy sauce, or shoyu, is a staple of Japanese cuisine. Different localities have their own unique flavors. Western Japan's Kyushu region is known for its distinctly sweet soy sauce, which has a ...

Hold the bottle at an angle, like you normally would. Place a finger over one of the spouts. Watch as the soy sauce stops ...

So what are the essentials and which dishes should you cook first? Try to get your hands on a Japanese soy sauce (or ‘shoyu’). Shoyu can be light (‘usukuchi’), with a saltier flavour ...

Chicken, sliced onion, and eggs are simmered in a soy-based sauce to create an omelette-like dish that's draped over a bed of rice. Takoyaki is a popular Japanese snack. A piece of octopus is ...